Trail Tales

Check out footage from this year's Desert School trip

Big thanks to Beia Giebel for capturing all the fun

Desert School is one of my favorite trips that POST does. I remember being a 9th grader and meeting role models that helped shaped me into the person I am today and I will NEVER forget the memories I made on that trip. This year, I really tried to put some of the magic I experienced when I was a camper, into it. I feel like it’s really important to offer people opportunities to step outside their comfort zone and try new things, because why not! Desert School gives that opportunity to so many people by offering an inclusive community that emphasizes trust, teamwork, and positivity. These opportunities include kayaking, hiking, rock climbing, and so much more. Desert School was by far the most life-changing trip for me and I encourage any 9th grader who is interested to come!

— Desert School Trip Coordinator, Lena Fox

I really enjoyed playing big camp wide games, and getting to know people that I wasnt great friends with before.I also thought that kayak station was quite delightful. Highlight of my freshmen year for sure

— Camper, Annika Espling

Spring Lopez 2017 Trip:

QUOTES FROM LOPEZ

“This was my favorite Lopez I’ve ever been on. The weather was perfect and the trip was pretty small so people interacted a lot more. The campfires were really funny and I didn’t have to push so hard to get people to share stories”

-Trip Lead, Neva Oliffe.

“The day when we went to shark reef was probably the nicest days of any Lopez trip I have been on. The clear skies and beautiful landscape made me feel so grateful to be able to see what I did.”

-Staff, Bailey Tran

“I never thought soccer under a foot of water on the beach could be so great”

-Camper, Ken Argon

“We were all just sitting on the beach and jason was asking people how much money they'd need to go swim to this island about a five minute swim away. I said 20$, and Jason said “You won’t.” The rest is history. It only took like five minutes but it felt like a half hour. I swam with this seal named Carlos for a couple minutes too. I shivered for the next four hours.”

- Camper, Luke Levassar

FALL SURVIVAL 2016 TRIP

Fall Lopez 2016 turned from a potential disaster, into one of the most successful trips to date. Over 100 campers signed up, and 12 amazing chaperones helped out too. It was pouring rain the entire time, but the campers embraced the weather with smiles, and made the best of it. They threw on their DIY trendy trash bag ponchos, and were good to go.

Saturday morning, campers and staff woke up, and got to work shoveling gravel, clearing paths, and cleaning up the beach. Later they biked into town for lunch.

“My highlight would probably be when my car got stuck in a ditch and I had to get about 15 staff and campers to help me push it out,” said staff member Caroline Sharp.

Lopez is a pretty laid back trip, but it’s unique because the unstructured framework gives the campers free time to explore the island and create their own adventures. Of course, the fun followed them to the ferry docks as they got surprise extra bonding time while waiting five hours due to two ferries breaking down.

“It was okay because people played fliers by the dock and it was dry enough that we had both campfires and heard Cameron’s ruminations on mortality...lol,” Lopez trip lead, Neva Olliffe said.